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Anti-Virus: a complaint or lamentation
I wonder how the world would be if thirty years ago, instead of playing thankless gigs, a soundbyte of a show I’d done when merely seventeen (and better then, than now) would have been made, and hit the ‘net (God … Continue reading
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Tagged complaint, daily poems, experience, lamentation, learning, music, poetic forms, youth
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The Loss of Art in School
There is no good in writing it, for no one cares to read; no point in baking word-filled pies, there’s no one here to feed. There is no point in singing it, for we have all gone deaf; besides, no … Continue reading
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Tagged art, culture, education, ignorance, learning, loss, public education
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The School of Osmosis
OK, so I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about knowledge, its accumulation, and how application of that acquired or accumulated knowledge can best be used to affect change in society. And here’s the thing — one of my father’s … Continue reading
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Tagged art, creativity, education, hypotheses, inspiration, learning, osmosis, schools
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My life as a Moody Blues song …
Several entries ago, I mentioned a book on learning to think like Leonardo da Vinci. Well, I am slowly working my way through the exercises (very slowly indeed, as I am mired somewhat at the first one), which is to … Continue reading
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Tagged Jiddu Krishnamurti, knowledge, learning, Leonardo da Vinci, power, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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One Can Learn Anywhere
Once upon a time, long time ago it was (a time of innocence / a time of confidences?), I was a parishioner at the Mennonite church in Bluffton, Ohio. In addition to being volunteered to teach youth groups about the … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, education, growth, heart, learning, love, relationships, understanding
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